jpdb beta

Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon

2

(public) park

3

to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

1

secret meeting; clandestine meeting

3

shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties

2

attempted murder

2

crescent moon; young moon

6

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

2

accomplice; co-conspirator

3

to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin

3

extremely

1

going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse

1

justification; rationalization

2

(in the same way) as before; as always

6

critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture

1

sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

3

shop; store; firm

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

2

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

2

restaurant

1

accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house

1

unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time

3

last quarter moon; third quarter moon; waning half-moon

1

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

1

large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

2

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

5

small business; micro-enterprise; microenterprise

1

former president (of a company); former CEO

1

to gaze at the Moon

4

miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable

1

to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle

2

trash can; garbage can; rubbish bin; dustbin

1

to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave

1

cold; short; curt; blunt

2

cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable

3

unexpectedly; surprisingly

3

in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

6

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

3

treating (someone) like an object

1

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

1

fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky

2

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

2

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

3

nothing but; none other than

2